Play On Podcasts

Play On Podcasts are epic audio adventures reimagining timeless tales, featuring original music composition and the voices of extraordinarily gifted artists. This is where Theatre meets Podcast, combining the modern-day audio phenomenon with the power of live performance.

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As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 4 - Acto...
“He just goes for it!”: Andy Grotelueschen describes how Touchstone inspires us to take chances in life, how a teacher in Iowa inspired him to pursue acting, and why it’s so much easier to be funny on Broadway.
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As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 3 - Acto...
“She speaks her mind.” Korean-American actor and lead singer of the rock group Kiss the Tiger, Meghan Kreidler opens up about her experiences playing Rosalind in “As You Like It”, being a woman in the world of rock ’n’ roll, her tumultuous relationship with Shakespeare and her love of lyricism.
57 min
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As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 2 - Dire...
“What does it mean to be a free spirit?” Director Kim Martin Cotten and Radio Play Writer Catherine Eaton discuss the vision and meaning behind the Play On Podcast series adaptation of “As You Like It”.
53 min
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As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 1 - Writ...
“You cannot skip steps”: David Ivers on the process of acting, directing, writing and translating his way through a career in the arts on a relentless search for clarity.
51 min
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Introducing...Curious Matter Anthology
Curious Matter Anthology is a multi-award-winning fully immersive fiction podcast. It's a bridge between past and present, a time machine that takes listeners back to the golden era of pulp fiction, and then catapults them back into the future. It's an ode to an era of science fiction, whose stories have influenced some of the greatest filmmakers of our time, and it's a tribute to the largely unrecognized authors who penned these tales.
37 min
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Julius Caesar - Bonus Content - Actor Glenn Dav...
“The goal is to challenge folks.” Glenn Davis reflects on his work as an actor, producer, and Artistic Director of Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theater. (Is it possible Marc Antony might just be too good a person?)
51 min
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Julius Caesar - Bonus Content - Actor Charlique...
“Who am I called to be?” Visionary artist and producer Charlique C. Rolle expounds on her efforts to love recklessly, build faithfully, and create fearlessly.
54 min
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Houses on the Moon's DE NOVO: Bonus Interview
“We’re going to have to stay informed and fight back”: Playwright Jeffrey Solomon and actress Zuleyma Guevarra discuss the making of DeNovo, what leads to mass migration, why it’s our responsibility as U.S. Citizens to see people as human beings and what we can do to help refugees who are on the brink of being deported to death.
43 min
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Introducing...Houses on the Moon's DE NOVO
New York based not-for-profit theater company Houses on the Moon, and playwright Jeffrey Solomon creates acclaimed documentary plays. DE NOVO recounts the life and death of a Guatemalan teenager, Edgar Chocoy, who was deported after a failed asylum bid in the USA and murdered by the very group he testified would execute him were he to be returned to that country.
24 min
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Julius Caesar - Bonus Content - Actor Michael P...
“Whatever you do well, it contributes” - Michael Potts on what he does well, from Shakespeare to August Wilson, and how playing the long game got him where he is today. (With fond remembrances of Chadwick Boseman).
53 min
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Julius Caesar - Bonus Content - Director Harry ...
“The themes remain the same.” Actor / Director Harry Lennix expounds on the themes of friendship, politics, religion, the evolution of Black Nationalism, what it takes to be a successful revolutionary and why Julius Caesar may be the greatest person to have ever lived.
53 min
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Introducing...Divorce Ranch
Crooked cops, runaways, and divorcees collide in a female-forward, "west-of-center" take on the classic noir.
24 min
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Full Play - Julius Caesar
Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, JULIUS CAESAR, in its entirety.
156 min
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Julius Caesar - Episode 7 - The Noblest Roman o...
The Conspirators meet their end at Philippi.
26 min
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Julius Caesar - Episode 6 - Rage Till Your Prou...
Caesar’s ghost haunts Brutus as he and Cassius argue and their enemies gain strength.
24 min
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Julius Caesar - Episode 5 - Friends, Romans, Co...
At Caesar’s funeral, Brutus and Antony compete for the loyalty of the angry crowd.
28 min
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Julius Caesar - Episode 4 - Liberty! Freedom! T...
After Caesar’s assassination in the Temple, Antony vows revenge.
23 min
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Julius Caesar - Episode 3 - The Heart of Woman
Brutus and Caesar try to soothe their wives as each man grapples with his fate.
22 min
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Julius Caesar - Episode 2 - But for the Greater...
The conspirators arrive at Brutus’s home to plan the assassination.
27 min
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Julius Caesar - Episode 1 - Beware the Ides of ...
Rome celebrates Caesar’s success in the Movement while Cassius and Brutus secretly express their misgivings.
31 min
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Introducing...Julius Caesar
Marcus Gardley’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s roiling political drama takes us into the heart of the Civil Rights movement. Directed by Harry Lennix and translated into modern English verse by Shishir Kurup, featuring the voices of Michael Potts, Glenn Davis, Megan Boone and Jeremy Tardy, with original composition and Sound Design by Lindsay Jones.
1 min
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Introducing...The History of Literature
On this special episode we’re featuring a conversation from The History of Literature, the chart-topping books podcast from our friends at The Podglomerate. This show covers all of the classic literature you love, and even ones that you love to critique
51 min
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Full Play - As You Like It
Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, AS YOU LIKE IT, in its entirety.
176 min
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As You Like It - Episode 7 - Why Blame Me for L...
All four couples are united in a miraculous event that could only happen in Arden (or Woodstock!).
28 min
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As You Like It - Episode 6 - A Lover of Mine an...
Orlando makes peace with Oliver and confesses his love for Rosalind to “Johnnyseed”.
26 min